Nonlinear growth models represent an instance of nonlinear regression models, a class of models taking the general form \[ y = \mu(x, \theta) + \epsilon, \] where \(\mu(x, \theta)\) is the mean function which depends on a possibly vector-valued parameter \(\theta\), and a possibly vector-valued predictor \(x\). The stochastic component \(\epsilon\) represents the error with mean zero and constant variance. Usually, a Gaussian distribution is also assumed for the error term.
By defining the mean function \(\mu(x, \theta)\) we may obtain several different models, all characterized by the fact that parameters \(\theta\) enter in a nonlinear way into the equation. Parameters are usually estimated by nonlinear least squares which aims at minimizing the residual sum of squares.
\[ \mu(x) = \theta_1 \exp\{\theta_2 x\} \] where \(\theta_1\) is the value at the origin (i.e. \(\mu(x=0)\)), and \(\theta_2\) represents the (constant) relative ratio of change (i.e. \(\frac{d\mu(x)}{dx }\frac{1}{\mu(x)} = \theta_2\)). Thus, the model describes an increasing (exponential growth if \(\theta_2 > 0\)) or decreasing (exponential decay if \(\theta_2 < 0\)) trend with constant relative rate.
\[ \mu(x) = \frac{\theta_1}{1+\exp\{(\theta_2 - x)/\theta_3\}} \] where \(\theta_1\) is the upper horizontal asymptote, \(\theta_2\) represents the x-value at the inflection point of the symmetric growth curve, and \(\theta_3\) represents a scale parameter (and \(1/\theta_3\) is the growth-rate parameter that controls how quickly the curve approaches the upper asymptote).
\[ \mu(x) = \theta_1 \exp\{-\theta_2 \theta_3^x\} \] where \(\theta_1\) is the horizontal asymptote, \(\theta_2\) represents the value of the function at \(x = 0\) (displacement along the x-axis), and \(\theta_3\) represents a scale parameter.
The difference between the logistic and Gompertz functions is that the latter is not symmetric around the inflection point.
\[ \mu(x) = \theta_1 (1 - \exp\{-\theta_2 x\})^{\theta_3} \] where \(\theta_1\) is the horizontal asymptote, \(\theta_2\) represents the rate of growth, and \(\theta_3\) in part determines the point of inflection on the y-axis.
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Source: https://github.com/pcm-dpc/COVID-19
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pcm-dpc/COVID-19/master/dati-andamento-nazionale/dpc-covid19-ita-andamento-nazionale.csv"
COVID19IT <- read.csv(file = url, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
COVID19IT$data <- as.Date(COVID19IT$data)
DT::datatable(COVID19IT)Warnings
- 26/03/2020: dati Regione Piemonte parziali (-50 deceduti - comunicazione tardiva)
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- 07/03/2020: dati Brescia +300 esiti positivi
# create data for analysis
data = data.frame(date = COVID19IT$data,
y = COVID19IT$totale_casi)
data$x = as.numeric(data$date) - min(as.numeric(data$date)) + 1
DT::datatable(data, options = list("pageLength" = 5))mod1_start = lm(log(y) ~ x, data = data)
b = unname(coef(mod1_start))
start = list(th1 = log(b[1]), th2 = b[2])
exponential <- function(x, th1, th2) th1 * exp(th2 * x)
mod1 = nls(y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2), data = data, start = start)
summary(mod1)
##
## Formula: y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 2383.245327 283.250461 8.414 0.0000000013 ***
## th2 0.110287 0.003923 28.113 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 3977 on 32 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 12
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000004139mod2 = nls(y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal), data = data)
summary(mod2)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 125042.94377 2348.15897 53.25 <2e-16 ***
## xmid 28.72100 0.22530 127.48 <2e-16 ***
## scal 5.32548 0.08019 66.41 <2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 644.4 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.0000002433mod3 = nls(y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3), data = data)
# start = list(Asym = coef(mod2)[1])
# tmp = list(y = log(log(start$Asym) - log(data$y)), x = data$x)
# b = unname(coef(lm(y ~ x, data = tmp)))
# start = c(start, c(b2 = exp(b[1]), b3 = exp(b[2])))
# mod3 = nls(y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3), data = data, start = start,
# control = nls.control(maxiter = 1000))
summary(mod3)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 282509.076795 19134.200591 14.77 1.43e-15 ***
## b2 8.631853 0.194479 44.38 < 2e-16 ***
## b3 0.941458 0.002175 432.83 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 719.4 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.0000009297richards <- function(x, th1, th2, th3) th1*(1 - exp(-th2*x))^th3
Loss <- function(th, y, x) sum((y - richards(x, th[1], th[2], th[3]))^2)
start <- optim(par = c(coef(mod2)[1], 0.001, 1), fn = Loss,
y = data$y, x = data$x)$par
names(start) <- c("th1", "th2", "th3")
mod4 = nls(y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3), data = data, start = start,
# trace = TRUE, algorithm = "plinear",
control = nls.control(maxiter = 1000, tol = 0.1))
# algorithm is not converging...
summary(mod4)
##
## Formula: y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 543753.538608 130582.795327 4.164 0.000231 ***
## th2 0.032360 0.004922 6.574 0.0000002421290831 ***
## th3 4.351431 0.319638 13.614 0.0000000000000128 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 939.6 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 17
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.001473
# library(nlmrt)
# mod4 = nlxb(y ~ th1*(1 - exp(-th2*x))^th3,
# data = data, start = start, trace = TRUE)models = list("Exponential model" = mod1,
"Logistic model" = mod2,
"Gompertz model" = mod3,
"Richards model" = mod4)
tab = data.frame(loglik = sapply(models, logLik),
df = sapply(models, function(m) attr(logLik(m), "df")),
Rsquare = sapply(models, function(m)
cor(data$y, fitted(m))^2),
AIC = sapply(models, AIC),
AICc = sapply(models, AICc),
BIC = sapply(models, BIC))
sel <- apply(tab[,4:6], 2, which.min)
tab$"" <- sapply(tabulate(sel, nbins = length(models))+1, symnum,
cutpoints = 0:4, symbols = c("", "*", "**", "***"))
knitr::kable(tab)| loglik | df | Rsquare | AIC | AICc | BIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exponential model | -329.0151 | 3 | 0.9852663 | 664.0302 | 664.8302 | 668.6093 | |
| Logistic model | -266.5976 | 4 | 0.9995874 | 541.1951 | 542.5744 | 547.3005 | *** |
| Gompertz model | -270.3382 | 4 | 0.9994636 | 548.6764 | 550.0557 | 554.7818 | |
| Richards model | -279.4200 | 4 | 0.9991541 | 566.8401 | 568.2194 | 572.9455 |
ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod1), color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod2), color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod3), color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod4), color = "Richards")) +
labs(x = "", y = "Infected", color = "Model") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 5000),
minor_breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 1000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top")df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1),
fit1 = predict(mod1, newdata = df),
fit2 = predict(mod2, newdata = df),
fit3 = predict(mod3, newdata = df),
fit4 = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
ylim = c(0, max(df[,c("fit2", "fit3")]))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit1, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit2, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit3, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit4, color = "Richards")) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = ylim) +
labs(x = "", y = "Infected", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 10000),
minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 5000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))# compute prediction using Moving Block Bootstrap (MBB) for nls
df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1))
pred1 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod1, newdata = df))
pred1[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod1, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred2 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod2, newdata = df))
pred2[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod2, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred3 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod3, newdata = df))
pred3[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod3, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred4 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
pred4[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod4, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
# predictions for next day
pred = rbind(subset(pred1, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred2, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred3, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred4, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5))
print(pred, digits = 3)
## date fit lwr upr
## 35 2020-03-29 113125 102452 126359
## 351 2020-03-29 95630 93925 97218
## 352 2020-03-29 99350 97369 101850
## 353 2020-03-29 100111 97469 103481
ylim = c(0, max(pred2$upr, pred3$upr, na.rm=TRUE))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = pred1, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = pred2, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = pred3, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = pred4, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Richards")) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred1, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[1], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred2, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[2], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred3, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[3], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred4, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[4], alpha=0.3) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, max(ylim))) +
labs(x = "", y = "Infected", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 10000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))# create data for analysis
data = data.frame(date = COVID19IT$data,
y = COVID19IT$deceduti)
data$x = as.numeric(data$date) - min(as.numeric(data$date)) + 1
DT::datatable(data, options = list("pageLength" = 5))mod1_start = lm(log(y) ~ x, data = data)
b = unname(coef(mod1_start))
start = list(th1 = log(b[1]), th2 = b[2])
exponential <- function(x, th1, th2) th1 * exp(th2 * x)
mod1 = nls(y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2), data = data, start = start)
summary(mod1)
##
## Formula: y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 120.144254 15.357564 7.823 0.00000000635 ***
## th2 0.132160 0.004133 31.976 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 345.8 on 32 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 14
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000002663mod2 = nls(y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal), data = data)
summary(mod2)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 14753.9436 475.6961 31.02 <2e-16 ***
## xmid 30.6771 0.3301 92.94 <2e-16 ***
## scal 4.8060 0.1023 47.00 <2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 88.21 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000006537mod3 = nls(y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3), data = data)
# manually set starting values
# start = list(Asym = coef(mod2)[1])
# tmp = list(y = log(log(start$Asym) - log(data$y)), x = data$x)
# b = unname(coef(lm(y ~ x, data = tmp)))
# start = c(start, c(b2 = exp(b[1]), b3 = exp(b[2])))
# mod3 = nls(y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3), data = data, start = start,
# control = nls.control(maxiter = 10000))
summary(mod3)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 42577.439055 3394.284483 12.54 0.000000000000111 ***
## b2 11.118928 0.269560 41.25 < 2e-16 ***
## b3 0.941832 0.002106 447.15 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 60.83 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.0000001413richards <- function(x, th1, th2, th3) th1*(1 - exp(-th2*x))^th3
Loss <- function(th, y, x) sum((y - richards(x, th[1], th[2], th[3]))^2)
start <- optim(par = c(coef(mod2)[1], 0.001, 1), fn = Loss,
y = data$y, x = data$x)$par
names(start) <- c("th1", "th2", "th3")
mod4 = nls(y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3), data = data, start = start,
# trace = TRUE, algorithm = "port",
control = nls.control(maxiter = 1000))
summary(mod4)
##
## Formula: y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 84689.577142 18276.452000 4.634 0.000061182909 ***
## th2 0.034878 0.003938 8.857 0.000000000536 ***
## th3 5.853687 0.366054 15.991 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 68.07 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 20
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.0000002502models = list("Exponential model" = mod1,
"Logistic model" = mod2,
"Gompertz model" = mod3,
"Richards model" = mod4)
tab = data.frame(loglik = sapply(models, logLik),
df = sapply(models, function(m) attr(logLik(m), "df")),
Rsquare = sapply(models, function(m)
cor(data$y, fitted(m))^2),
AIC = sapply(models, AIC),
AICc = sapply(models, AICc),
BIC = sapply(models, BIC))
sel <- apply(tab[,4:6], 2, which.min)
tab$"" <- sapply(tabulate(sel, nbins = length(models))+1, symnum,
cutpoints = 0:4, symbols = c("", "*", "**", "***"))
knitr::kable(tab)| loglik | df | Rsquare | AIC | AICc | BIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exponential model | -245.9716 | 3 | 0.9900819 | 497.9431 | 498.7431 | 502.5222 | |
| Logistic model | -198.9854 | 4 | 0.9993073 | 405.9709 | 407.3502 | 412.0763 | |
| Gompertz model | -186.3466 | 4 | 0.9996254 | 380.6932 | 382.0725 | 386.7986 | *** |
| Richards model | -190.1702 | 4 | 0.9995476 | 388.3403 | 389.7196 | 394.4458 |
ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod1), color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod2), color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod3), color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod4), color = "Richards")) +
labs(x = "", y = "Deceased", color = "Model") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 500),
minor_breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 100)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top")df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1),
fit1 = predict(mod1, newdata = df),
fit2 = predict(mod2, newdata = df),
fit3 = predict(mod3, newdata = df),
fit4 = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
ylim = c(0, max(df[,-(1:3)]))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit1, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit2, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit3, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit4, color = "Richards")) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = ylim) +
labs(x = "", y = "Deceased", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000),
minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))# compute prediction using Moving Block Bootstrap (MBB) for nls
df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1))
pred1 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod1, newdata = df))
pred1[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod1, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred2 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod2, newdata = df))
pred2[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod2, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred3 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod3, newdata = df))
pred3[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod3, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred4 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
pred4[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod4, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
# predictions for next day
pred = rbind(subset(pred1, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred2, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred3, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred4, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5))
print(pred, digits = 3)
## date fit lwr upr
## 35 2020-03-29 12262 11299 13497
## 351 2020-03-29 10488 10225 10680
## 352 2020-03-29 10874 10695 11060
## 353 2020-03-29 10943 10734 11188
ylim = c(0, max(pred2$upr, pred3$upr, na.rm=TRUE))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = pred1, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = pred2, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = pred3, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = pred4, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Richards")) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred1, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[1], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred2, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[2], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred3, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[3], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred4, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[4], alpha=0.3) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, max(ylim))) +
labs(x = "", y = "Deceased", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))# create data for analysis
data = data.frame(date = COVID19IT$data,
y = COVID19IT$dimessi_guariti)
data$x = as.numeric(data$date) - min(as.numeric(data$date)) + 1
DT::datatable(data, options = list("pageLength" = 5))mod1_start = lm(log(y) ~ x, data = data)
b = unname(coef(mod1_start))
start = list(th1 = log(b[1]), th2 = b[2])
exponential <- function(x, th1, th2) th1 * exp(th2 * x)
mod1 = nls(y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2), data = data, start = start)
summary(mod1)
##
## Formula: y ~ exponential(x, th1, th2)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 170.340731 20.536716 8.294 0.00000000178 ***
## th2 0.127885 0.003912 32.691 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 420.2 on 32 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 17
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000001662mod2 = nls(y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal), data = data)
summary(mod2)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSlogis(x, Asym, xmid, scal)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 18476.4166 782.2750 23.62 <2e-16 ***
## xmid 30.7958 0.4473 68.85 <2e-16 ***
## scal 5.0150 0.1348 37.21 <2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 138.1 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.0000009202mod3 = nls(y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3), data = data)
summary(mod3)
##
## Formula: y ~ SSgompertz(x, Asym, b2, b3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## Asym 60251.9173 10673.0638 5.645 0.00000338 ***
## b2 10.1429 0.3900 26.005 < 2e-16 ***
## b3 0.9469 0.0040 236.758 < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 150 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 0
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000004398richards <- function(x, th1, th2, th3) th1*(1 - exp(-th2*x))^th3
Loss <- function(th, y, x) sum((y - richards(x, th[1], th[2], th[3]))^2)
start <- optim(par = c(coef(mod2)[1], 0.001, 1), fn = Loss,
y = data$y, x = data$x)$par
names(start) <- c("th1", "th2", "th3")
mod4 = nls(y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3), data = data, start = start,
# trace = TRUE, # algorithm = "port",
control = nls.control(maxiter = 1000))
summary(mod4)
##
## Formula: y ~ richards(x, th1, th2, th3)
##
## Parameters:
## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
## th1 164074.985968 99234.370771 1.653 0.10834
## th2 0.026352 0.007818 3.371 0.00202 **
## th3 4.930181 0.587667 8.389 0.00000000178 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##
## Residual standard error: 165.7 on 31 degrees of freedom
##
## Number of iterations to convergence: 34
## Achieved convergence tolerance: 0.000003785models = list("Exponential model" = mod1,
"Logistic model" = mod2,
"Gompertz model" = mod3,
"Richards model" = mod4)
tab = data.frame(loglik = sapply(models, logLik),
df = sapply(models, function(m) attr(logLik(m), "df")),
Rsquare = sapply(models, function(m)
cor(data$y, fitted(m))^2),
AIC = sapply(models, AIC),
AICc = sapply(models, AICc),
BIC = sapply(models, BIC))
sel <- apply(tab[,4:6], 2, which.min)
tab$"" <- sapply(tabulate(sel, nbins = length(models))+1, symnum,
cutpoints = 0:4, symbols = c("", "*", "**", "***"))
knitr::kable(tab)| loglik | df | Rsquare | AIC | AICc | BIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exponential model | -252.5987 | 3 | 0.9898709 | 511.1975 | 511.9975 | 515.7765 | |
| Logistic model | -214.2309 | 4 | 0.9987268 | 436.4618 | 437.8411 | 442.5673 | *** |
| Gompertz model | -217.0454 | 4 | 0.9985124 | 442.0908 | 443.4701 | 448.1962 | |
| Richards model | -220.4191 | 4 | 0.9982474 | 448.8383 | 450.2176 | 454.9437 |
ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod1), color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod2), color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod3), color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(aes(y = fitted(mod4), color = "Richards")) +
labs(x = "", y = "Recovered", color = "Model") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 500),
minor_breaks = seq(0, coef(mod2)[1], by = 100)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top")df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1),
fit1 = predict(mod1, newdata = df),
fit2 = predict(mod2, newdata = df),
fit3 = predict(mod3, newdata = df),
fit4 = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
ylim = c(0, max(df[,-(1:3)]))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit1, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit2, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit3, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = df, aes(x = date, y = fit4, color = "Richards")) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = ylim) +
labs(x = "", y = "Recovered", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000),
minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))# compute prediction using Moving Block Bootstrap (MBB) for nls
df = data.frame(x = seq(min(data$x), max(data$x)+14))
df = cbind(df, date = as.Date(df$x, origin = data$date[1]-1))
pred1 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod1, newdata = df))
pred1[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod1, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred2 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod2, newdata = df))
pred2[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod2, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred3 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod3, newdata = df))
pred3[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod3, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
pred4 = cbind(df, "fit" = predict(mod4, newdata = df))
pred4[df$x > max(data$x), c("lwr", "upr")] = predictMBB.nls(mod4, df[df$x > max(data$x),])[,2:3]
# predictions for next day
pred = rbind(subset(pred1, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred2, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred3, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5),
subset(pred4, x == max(data$x)+1, select = 2:5))
print(pred, digits = 3)
## date fit lwr upr
## 35 2020-03-29 14969 13737 16391
## 351 2020-03-29 12899 12579 13241
## 352 2020-03-29 13398 13015 13891
## 353 2020-03-29 13485 13002 14045
ylim = c(0, max(pred2$upr, pred3$upr, na.rm=TRUE))ggplot(data, aes(x = date, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
geom_line(data = pred1, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Exponential")) +
geom_line(data = pred2, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Logistic")) +
geom_line(data = pred3, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Gompertz")) +
geom_line(data = pred4, aes(x = date, y = fit, color = "Richards")) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred1, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[1], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred2, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[2], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred3, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[3], alpha=0.3) +
geom_ribbon(data = pred4, aes(x = date, ymin = lwr, ymax = upr),
inherit.aes = FALSE, fill = cols[4], alpha=0.3) +
coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, max(ylim))) +
labs(x = "", y = "Recovered", color = "Model") +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 5000),
minor_breaks = seq(0, max(ylim), by = 1000)) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = cols) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))df = data.frame(date = COVID19IT$data,
swabs = c(NA, diff(COVID19IT$tamponi)),
positives = COVID19IT$nuovi_attualmente_positivi)
df$x = as.numeric(df$date) - min(as.numeric(df$date)) + 1
df$r = df$positives/df$swabs
df = subset(df, swabs > 50)
graph1 <- ggplot(df, aes(x = date)) +
geom_point(aes(y = swabs, color = "swabs"), pch = 19) +
geom_line(aes(y = swabs, color = "swabs")) +
geom_point(aes(y = positives, color = "positives"), pch = 15) +
geom_line(aes(y = positives, color = "positives")) +
labs(x = "", y = "Number of cases", color = "") +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
scale_color_manual(values = palette()[c(2,1)]) +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))
graph2 <- ggplot(df, aes(x = date, y = r)) +
geom_smooth(method = "loess", se = TRUE, col = "darkgrey") +
geom_point(col=palette()[4]) +
geom_line(size = 0.5, col=palette()[4]) +
labs(x = "", y = "New positives / swabs") +
scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent_format()) +
scale_x_date(date_breaks = "2 day", date_labels = "%b%d",
minor_breaks = "1 day") +
theme_bw() +
theme(legend.position = "top",
axis.text.x = element_text(angle=60, hjust=1))
grid.arrange(graph1, graph2, nrow = 2, ncol = 1, widths = 1, heights = c(0.6,0.4))